Right now I'm reading "The Hour I First Believed" by Wally Lamb. He also wrote "I Know This Much Is True"; I really like his stories.

Recent reads:
I'm a big Allman Brothers fan so I read "Midnight Riders:The Story of the Allman Bros. Band" by Scott Freeman.
"The Other Boleyn Girl" by Phillipa Gregory
"World Without End" by Ken Follett

I read "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle"…I don't know what the fuss was about…I would have rather chewed on barbed wire…

Thanks everyone for sharing! I'm going to check some of these out!!!:beer:

Before Xmas I read Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. One of the best and most satisfying reads in recent memory. Zipped through Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell over the holidays. Just as fascinating and compelling as his previous two.

I've got Through Black Spruce and On Chesil Beach (Ian McEwan) lined up and I'm looking forward to both.

Right now I'm reading Empire Falls by Richard Russo. A writer I hadn't heard of before but I'm enjoying it. I'm not sure I'll run out and pick up another of his soon though.

I've been labouring through several weighty non-fiction tomes as well. How the Mind Works by Stephen Pinker is quite readable when he's not fending off competing theories and Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond has been a slog but well worth the effort. He attempts to explain why some societies became technologically advanced (Western Europe, Japan, China) while others (Australian and American indigenous peoples as well as those in the South Pacific for example) did not.

I'm a big Robbins fan as well Connor. If I had to choose a favourite writer it would likely be him - but I think he peaked at Skinny Legs and All. I saw him speak in Vancouver a few years ago and he was everything you'd expect. He even stayed until every book was signed. John Irving in contrast was evasive, ornery and unavailable. He didn't answer any questions nor did he sign any books. It was interesting hearing him talk about the process though. He writes his books backwards - chapter by chapter until he gets to the beginning. A Prayer for Owen Meany is one of my favourite books.

Cam…I liked "Middlesex" as well; try his first novel…"The Virgin Suicides"; it is a good read too. My bookclub read "Middlesex"…most were lukewarm about it…but I thought it very good.

"The Hour I First Believed" is going well; I'm enjoying it a lot.
I want to read that germ book as well.

The Rob…thanks…that book sounds good as well…I really like reading about B.C. history. Have you read any books about the gold rushes and the stories of how early settlers/explorers navigated the Fraser Canyon? Good stuff.

The Ascent of Money - Niall Ferguson: Great read thus far…
The Long Emergency - James Howard Krunstler: Really interesting to read, as he mentions the crash before it came.
The Golden Spruce - John Vaillant
Tree - David Suzuki
Good News - David Suzuki
David Suzuki: The Autobiography
The Shock Doctrine - Naomi Klein